Ryan Floryan gave consent to a blood sample, D.A. says

Lawyer for driver in crash challenges admissibility

11:48 AM,
Mar. 16, 2013

Ryan M. Floryan

Written by

John Ferro
| Poughkeepsie Journal

The Dutchess County District Attorney's Office says Ryan Floryan, the man accused of killing the parents of two young children in a high-speed car crash in the City of Poughkeepsie, was alert and aware of his rights when police took statements and a blood sample.

The D.A.'s assertions were made in court papers filed Friday. They came in response to a motion from Floryan's lawyer that challenges the admissibility of the statements and the blood test.

Floryan's attorney, Jim Hill of the Dutchess County Public Defender's Office, has asked Judge Stephen Greller to make the defendant's ...